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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Postal Address: Established 1945 Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, (A.C.N ) Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No. 13. William Bligh, The Bounty Mutiny & Its Aftermath, Pitcairn & Norfolk Islands Alexander, Caroline. THE BOUNTY. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xx, 492(last blank); 4 double-page maps, 8 col. & 32 b/w. plates, sources, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (London); HarperCollins Publishers; (2003). #18300 A$ Allen, Kenneth S. THAT BOUNTY BASTARD. The True Story of Captain William Bligh. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 maps (1 double-page), 12 plates, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in faded d/w. London; Robert Hale & Company; (1976). #2299 A$ Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of the Bounty. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map, 33 illusts. (2 double-page & several full-page), index; original papered boards; (small silverfished hole in front endpaper, o/wise a nice copy in d/w.). London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; ***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137 A$75.00

2 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 4 Barrett, Charles; Editor. THE PACIFIC. Ocean of Islands. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 180(last 4 blank); mounted col. frontis., 40 plates, several text maps & illusts.; original buckram, with bevelled boards; a nice copy in clear acetate d/w. Melbourne; N. H. Seward; N.D. [1950]. ***Du Rietz 44 (no mention of col. frontis.); McLaren 123. An interesting and attractively produced work containing sixteen essays by notable scholars and talented amateurs including Geoffrey C. Ingleton, Nancy M. Taylor, Geoffrey Rawson, Evelyn Cheesman, Phyllis Mander Jones, Frederick D. McCarthy, H[arry] B. Muir, Peter H. Buck, the Editor, C. Irving Benson, Noel Lothian, William C. Groves, Rex Ingamells, and C. R. H. Taylor. The article by Harry Muir is on The Literature of the Bounty and there are references to Bligh in other essays. #1639 A$175.00

3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 5 Barrow, J. THE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF H.M.S. BOUNTY. Illustrated by Lieut.-Colonel Batty. Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 392; 5 etched plates by Batty, several text illusts.; original purple gilt-decorated cloth with bevelled edges; (spine faded; a very small patch of cloth on edge of rear board worn away); all edges gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; William Tegg; N.D. [1876]. ***Ferguson 6716 (giving the date as 185-); not in Du Rietz, but see his footnote to No. 52 wherein he gives the date of this edition as 1876, on what grounds is not clear. #4253 A$ Barrow, John. THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. With illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Pp. 320; 8 full-page illusts.; (name on endpaper; some partial colouring of illusts. & headpieces - not overly obtrusive); original cloth; a very good copy. London and Glasgow; Blackie; (1961). ***The first edition was in A most interesting account of the whole affair, compiled from original documents, and including details of the wreck of the Pandora, the trial of the mutineers, and the discovery of the descendants of some of the mutineers on Pitcairn Island, etc. #35142 A$65.00

4 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 Beard, William. VALIANT MARTINET or, The Adventures on Sea and Land of Captain William Bligh. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 92(last blank); portrait frontis., 2 illusts. (1 double-page); original stiff wrappers; a very nice copy; very scarce. [Sydney; The Author; 1956]. *** Of this edition, one hundred copies for sale and twenty-five for presentation have been privately printed for the author. Telling the story of Bligh s life in verse form. #16735 A$ WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS 8 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING S STRAIT, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix), ; 10 plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without half-titles in full contemporary calf (rebacked); (some foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; ***Du Rietz 68; Ferguson This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called Admiralty Edition ) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418). The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue Sound, San Francisco and an account of China. #34918 A$

5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 9 Bligh, William, & Christian, Edward: BLIGH S NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M. SHIP BOUNTY, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the crew in the Ship s Boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. (1790). [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten Persons charged with Mutiny of Board His Majesty s Ship Bounty with an APPENDIX containing a full account of the real Causes and Circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the public. [By Edward Christian], (1794). [with] BLIGH S ANSWER TO CERTAIN ASSERTIONS contained in The Appendix to a Pamphlet entitled Minutes of the Proceedings on the Court-Martial held at Portsmourth, August 12, 1792 [etc.], by Captain William Bligh. (1794). EDWARD CHRISTIAN S SHORT REPLY to Captain William Bligh s Answer. (1795). Demy 4to, exact Facsimile Edition of the above four items (in 1 vol); pp. [iv], iv, 88, [2](blank); folding plan of the Bounty s launch & 3 charts (2 folding); pp. [iv], 80, [2](blank); pp. [ii], 32, [2](blank); pp. 12(last blank); original full brown morocco, gilt-decorated spine; a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; Georgian House, for The Australiana Society; [1952]. ***The second and last facsimile under the Australiana Society imprint. The edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, and is a reproduction of the highest quality. This copy is one of the secondary issues in brown morocco as opposed to the navy morocco of the primary issue. The last three items in this collection are exceedingly rare in the original, and very seldom occur for sale. [Refer Ferguson 71, 175, 176, and 218]. Du Rietz 124. #38265 A$ Bligh, William: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty s Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], [x], 264; 6 charts & plans (5 folding), 2 plates; (spine slightly faded; a little marginal foxing); a very good copy in faded d/w. (Melbourne; Hutchinson; 1979). ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, George Nicol, M.DCC.XCII [1792] - see Ferguson 125. Although probably best known for the Bounty mutiny, Bligh was a superb seaman and made many discoveries and observations of value, both in the voyage of the Bounty s launch subsequent to the mutiny and in his second voyage with the ships Providence and Assistant. #98 A$135.00

6 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 11 Bligh, William. THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M.S. BOUNTY [The Log in Facsimile. Edited by Stephen Walters]. F cap Folio, First Edition; pp. xiv, [190](last 2 blank); 9 illusts. by Roy Williams; a nice copy in d/w. (Guildford, Surrey); Pageminster Press in association with Argot Press (Melbourne) & Mitchell Beazley; ***Consisting of a Foreword by Stephen Walters, a list of The Bounty s Crew, and a facsimile of the portion of Bligh s handwritten log covering the events of the mutiny. Bligh s hand is unusually legible and easy to read. #33114 A$ Bligh, William: THE BLIGH NOTEBOOK. Rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh s voyage in the Bounty s Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June With a draft list of the Bounty Mutineers. Facsimile Edition in Two Volumes, Edited by John Bach. Volume I: the Facsimile, f cap 8vo, pp. [viii], [110](facsimile); 1 folding leaf in collation, plus 3 additional loose folding sheets, being facsimiles of the list of mutineers ; Volume II: the Transcription, super roy. 8vo; pp. [xvi], xiv, 224(last blank); col. portrait frontis., double-page col. plate of Bligh & the others being set adrift from the colour engraving by Robert Dodd, folding draught of the Bounty s launch, folding chart, folding view of Kupang, 1 double-page & 5 fullpage plates, transcription, numerous other illusts., bibliog., list of mutineers, etc.; full calf, gilt, with morocco title-label on spine (Facsimile); and half calf (Transcription); a fine set in original presentation box (the box, only, slightly marked). Canberra; National Library of Australia; ***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. #14657 A$650.00

7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 13 Brodie, Walter. PITCAIRN S ISLAND, and the Islanders, in Together with Extracts from his Private Journal, and a Few Hints upon California; also, the Reports of all the Commanders of H. M. Ships that have touched at the above Island since Second Edition. Med. 12mo; pp. [iv], [5]-260; lithographic portrait of the Author as frontis. & 2 lithographic plates including a portrait fo John Adams from a sketch by Beechey, 1 full-page text illust. (page 15) of the hieroglyphs on Pitcairn Island, list of shipping & list of subscribers; original cloth (back relined, spine label chipped; extremities slightly worn); a very good, clean copy; scarce. London; Whittaker & Co.; ***Ferguson 7445; Du Rietz 130. #41230 A$ Brunton, Paul. AWAKE, BOLD BLIGH. William Bligh s letters describing the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty. Edited, with an introduction by Paul Brunton. 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 88; 15 illusts. including col. portrait of Bligh s daughter & 4 other col. illusts., as well as complete col. facsimile of the letters and transcription, short bibliog.; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Allen & Unwin [and] State Library of New South Wales; (1989). #35417 A$ Bulletin: THE BULLETIN. August 5, to; pp. 52; several illusts.; original wrappers. Sydney; The Bulletin; ***Including a short story by Amy Witting and an article on Governor King on Norfolk Island by M. H. Ellis. #64552 A$10.00

8 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 16 Christie s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL INCLUDING THE BLIGH RELICS. [London], Thursday 26 September to; pp. 144; 129 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie s; ***As well as interesting travel books, the Bligh material includes his coconut shell drinking cup, horn beaker, compass needle, a number of his watercolour sketches, etc. #23940 A$45.00

9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 9 17 Clarke, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. Square 4to (250 x 240mm.), First Edition; pp. 190; endpaper, 2 double-page, 3 full-page & several text maps & very numerous double-page, full-page & other illusts., mostly in colour, appendices, bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. [Ringwood]; Viking [Penguin Books Australia Ltd; 1986]. #16115 A$ Clay, John. MACONOCHIE S EXPERIMENT. First Edition; pp. x, 276; 1 map, several illusts., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. London; John Murray; (2001). ***The Mark system on Norfolk Island. #23966 A$ Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition; pp. xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates; appendix, refs.; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***Burnet 60. #8468 A$ Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition; pp. xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates; appendix, refs.; original cloth; a very good copy ex-library copy in d/w., with the usual markings, but o/wise clean; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***Burnet 60. #58514 A$65.00

10 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 21 [Common, Ruth]. BEAUTIFUL NORFOLK ISLAND. 4to, First Edition; pp. 24; numerous col. illusts.; original stiff wrappers with original fold-out set of four perforate postcards retained; a nice copy. [Buranda, Qld.; Robert Brown & Associates; 1992]. #19721 A$ Cox, Philip and Stacey, Wesley. BUILDING NORFOLK ISLAND. Impl. 8vo, First Edition, 2nd (?) Impr.; pp. 96; numerous col. & b/w. illusts., refs., chronology, bibliog.; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Nelson; (2000). ***Including the Pitcairn settlement. #17663 A$ Danielsson, Bengt. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BOUNTY. Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. First Edition in English; pp. 230, [2](recto colophon, verso adv.); double-page chart of the Pacific, showing the Bounty s route, the track of Bligh s epic voyage in the open boat, and the mutineers route to Pitcairn, full-page map of Tahiti & 1 full-page plan of the Bounty ; original quarter cloth & wood-grain patterned paper sides; (name on preliminary blank); a very good copy in slightly defective d/w. London; George Allen & Unwin Ltd; (1962). ***Du Rietz 278. #22375 A$ Darby, Madge. WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY? First Edition; pp. [vi], 128, [2](blank); a few text illusts., appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). ***Du Rietz 281. #9360 A$85.00

11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books David, Andrew. THE VOYAGE OF HMS HERALD to Australia and the South-west Pacific under the command of Captain Henry Denham. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 524(last blank); 8 maps, 16 col. & 8 b/w. plates, 11 survey charts, note on measurements, appendices, glossary, notes & refs., bibliog, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press, (Melbourne University Press; 1995). *** The authoritative account of one of the longest and most important surveying cruises of the golden age of world hydrography. Excellent use is made of the journals of Denham and his officers to create a detailed vision of mid-nineteenth-century surveying and charting techniques. Significant forays were made into botanical and ornithological studies, much of which are detailed here. Its anthropological content clearly illustrates the paradoxical nature of the south-west Pacific at the time of the voyages, where missionary, colonist and the lords of commerce co-existed with the native peoples in an often uneasy alliance. Included is an account of the resettlement of the Pitcairn Islanders on Norfolk Island. This is number 3 in the second Miegunyah Press series; only 1200 copies were printed. #46753 A$ Dening, Greg. MR BLIGH S BAD LANGUAGE. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 450(last 5 blank); several maps & illusts. including portraits of many of the people connected with Bligh, notes, refs. bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (1992). ***A compelling and useful new contribution, with much interesting background on the Bounty Mutiny and subsequent developments over 200 years. #35904 A$ Edgecombe, Jean. NORFOLK ISLAND - South Pacific. Island of history and many delights. First Edition; pp. 180(last blank); a few maps, 12 col. plates, numerous b/w. text illusts., 4 appendices, bibliog., index; original pictorial stiff wrappers. (Sydney; J. M. Edgecombe; 1991). #16828 A$ Edwards, Captain Edward; and Hamilton, George. VOYAGE OF H.M.S. PANDORA despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the Bounty in the South Seas, Being the Narratives of Captain Edward Edwards, R.N., the Commander and George Hamilton the Surgeon. With Introduction and Notes by Basil Thomson. First Edition; pp. [viii], 180(last 3 blank); large folding chart, index; original cloth; top edge gilt, others uncut; (signature on title-page; very slight abrasion (5 mm) to cloth of fore-edge to front board); a very nice, clean and bright copy; scarce. London; Francis Edwards; ***Hamilton s account is reprinted from the very rare Berwick edition of 1793; the account by Edwards is here published for the first time. Du Rietz #13595 A$850.00

12 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 29 Ford, Herbert. THE MISCELLANY OF PITCAIRN S ISLAND. First Edition; pp. 208(last 2 blank); original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Mountain View, California; Pacific Press Publishing Association; (1980). ***Everything you need to know about Pitcairn island, alphabetically arranged! #59051 A$ Fullerton, W. Y. THE ROMANCE OF PITCAIRN ISLAND. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 112; frontis. & 7 plates; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; The Carey Press; N.D. [c. 1910]. ***Du Rietz 474. #41248 A$ Henderson, G. C. THE DISCOVERERS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS: Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellingshausen. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 324, [2] (adv.); large folding map (in pocket), 3 other folding & 17 full-page maps, 27 plates, sources of information, index; original cloth (spine slightly faded); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; (1933). ***Including an account and analysis of the Bounty mutiny. #1827 A$ (Hickey, Elsie; President). DARS-ET. (This is it). Birds and Flowers of Norfolk Island. First Edition; pp. [16]; 24 col. & 1 b/w. illusts.; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Norfolk Island; Norfolk Island Hospital Auxiliary; 1976). #19490 A$15.00

13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Hillier, R. S. THIS IS NORFOLK ISLAND. 4to, 3rd Edn., 2nd Impr.; pp. [48]; endpaper map, 96 col. illusts. (several full-page); original pictorial papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. Norfolk Island; Harper & Durley Publications; #17440 A$ Hoare, Merval. RAMBLER S GUIDE TO NORFOLK ISLAND. Revised (i.e. 2nd) Edition; pp. 80; 1 folding, 1 double-page & 5 full-page maps, 19 photos., index; original wrappers (a little worn). [Sydney]; Pacific Publications; (1968). #34946 A$ Hoare, Merval. THE DISCOVERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 26(last 3 blank); 2 full-page maps, 6 illusts., refs., bibliog., index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. Canberra; Australian Government Publishing Service; #11746 A$25.00

14 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 36 Hoare, Merval. NORFOLK ISLAND: An Outline of Its History Fourth Edition. 4th Edn.; pp. xx, 206; full-page map, 16 plates, notes, bibliog., index; original wrappers; a fine copy. St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1988). #16832 A$ Holthouse, Hector. SHIPS IN THE CORAL. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vi], 146; endpaper & 3 full-page maps, 8 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts., bibliog., index; a fine copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1976). ***An historical survey of shipwrecks and other encounters with the Great Barrier Reef, including Cook, Bligh, the Pandora, the Beagle and others. A review copy, with label tipped to endpaper. #22221 A$ Hood, T. H. NOTES OF A CRUISE IN H.M.S. FAWN IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC in the Year First Edition; pp. xii, 268; folding track chart, full-page plan of the ruins at Ascension (Ponapi) Island, 9 full-page tinted litho. plates, 4 b/w. plates, 6 text illusts., 5 appendices; original blind-stamped purple pebbled cloth (a little rubbed; front hinge cracked, but sound); uncut; a fine copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Edmonston & Douglas; ***Ferguson Treats of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners, and gives a general account of the Bounty mutiny and subsequent events. #48784 A$750.00

15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Hornadge, Bill; Compiler & Editor. THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS STAMP CATALOGUE. The stamps, postal history, postal stationery, postal markings, etc. Compiled by the Editor of Stamp News. First Edition; pp. 128; numerous illusts.; original stiff wrappers. Dubbo; Review Publications; #17101 A$ Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps, 18 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illusts. & maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn d/w. London; Hutchinson of London; (1972). #2114 A$ Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps, 16 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illusts. & maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w. New York; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; #2115 A$50.00

16 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 42 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, Arrow Edition; pp. 320; 4 maps (1 double-page), 16 plates, numerous illusts., chronology, sources, bibliog., index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. (London); Arrow Books; (1974). ***First published by Hutchinson, #30215 A$ Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, with additions; pp. 320; double-page map, 3 text maps, 18 plates (1 double-page), 10 text illusts., incl. sketches of the Bounty & the Bounty s Launch, chronology, sources, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly faded d/w. London; Cassell; (1979). #2116 A$ Howard, Editor. PITCAIRN AND NORFOLK. The Saga of Bounty s Children. Photographs by David Hiser and Melinda Berge. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous col. illusts.; contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 164, No. 4, 1983; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; #58974 A$ Jack, Robert Logan. NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA. Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a Study of the Narratives of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting, many Original or Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty-Nine Illustrations, and Sixteen [actually 17] Specially Prepared maps. 2 vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Edition, First (U.K.) Issue; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 366, [2](blank); portrait of the author as frontis. & 20 portraits of explorers; 9 folding maps in pocket (incl. index map); Vol. II, pp. xiv, ; 18 portraits of explorers, 8 folding maps in pocket, 3 indices (Persons, Places & Subjects); some foxing & minor soiling, but a very good set in the dark green cloth of the original issue (the cloth of Vol. II very slightly dulled); scarce. London; Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; (1921). ***An important work which contains, among numerous other narratives, accounts of explorations which are virtually unprocurable in original form, e.g., those by WILLIAM CARRON, WILLIAM HANN, JAMES MULLIGAN, GEORGE DALRYMPLE, DONALD LAING, J. T. EMBLEY, and others, including the not unimportant explorations of the Author. The early voyagers, Quiros, Cook, Bligh, the Pandora, Flinders, etc. are also included. #23256 A$

17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Kennedy, Gavin. BLIGH. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 420; endpaper maps, 20 plates, bibliog., index; original cloth; (lower front board waterstained; o/wise a very good copy in slightly worn d/w.). London; Duckworth; (1978). #64300 A$ Kennedy, Gavin. CAPTAIN BLIGH the man and his mutinies. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 322(last blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. London; Duckworth; (1989). ***A different book from the biography of Bligh above, this book addresses the Bounty mutiny and the lesser-known mutinies on the Director and in New South Wales. #45680 A$ Lucas, Sir Charles; Editor. THE PITCAIRN ISLAND REGISTER BOOK. Edited with an Introduction by Sir Charles Lucas, K.C.B, K.C.M.G. Together with Map, Index and Appendices. First Edition; pp. [viii], 184(last 3 blank); folding map; 2 plates (facsimiles of pages from the Register Book) & full-page facsimile of John Adams s MS. prayer, appendices, bibliog.; index; original cloth-backed boards; a very good copy; scarce. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; *** The Pitcairn Island Register Book, now in the archives of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, is the earliest record from within of the settlement on Pitcairn Island. It contains the Register itself, covering the years January, 1790 to February, 1854, now for the first time reproduced page by page and word for word; an undated list of prices of different articles on Pitcairn; and a list of shipping entries of the ships that called at Pitcairn in the years 1823 to 1853 (including information of the movements of American whale-ships in the Pacific during that period). Du Rietz 748. #2117 A$ [Mackaness, George; Editor]. A BOOK OF THE BOUNTY. William Bligh and Others. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 326, 10(adv., last 2 blank); builder s draft of the Bounty s launch, chart of the launch s course, facsimile of title-page to Bligh s Voyage to the South Sea, bibliog.; original cloth; a nice copy. London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; (1952). ***Everyman s Library No Includes Stephen Barney s Report of the Court Martial of Ten of the Mutineers, with an Appendix by Edward Christian; also Bligh s Answer to Edward Christian s Assertions, and other material. #12276 A$75.00

18 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 50 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous col. illusts.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, December, 1957; original wrappers; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; #58972 A$ Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous col. illusts.; plain wrappers. Washington; Extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CXII, No. 6, December; #51847 A$ Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous col. illusts.; binder s cloth; a fine copy. Washington; Extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CXII, No. 6, December; #17587 A$ Marden, Luis. HUZZA FOR OTAHEITE! Modern-day Bounty, a replica of the square-rigger Captain Bligh knew, relives history in the South Seas. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous col. illusts.; contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine, April, 1962; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; ***With, also two other articles on the Pacific and one on New Zealand. #13263 A$25.00

19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Marshall, James Stirrat and Marshall, Carrie; Compilers. PACIFIC VOYAGES. Selections from Scots Magazine, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xiv], 100; endpaper map, several illusts. (1 col.); original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Portland; Oregon, Binfords & Mort, Publishers; ***Including Cook, La Perouse, William Bligh, the Nootka Sound Controversy, etc. #53480 A$100.00

20 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 55 Maude, H. E. OF ISLANDS AND MEN. Studies in Pacific History. First Edition; pp. xxii, 398(last blank); endpaper maps, 19 text maps (7 full-page), 20 plates, 6 appendices, bibliog.; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; ***Including an account of the fate of the Bounty after the mutiny, reconstructed for the first time from long-forgotten documents, together with a sequel recounting the later attempt of the descendants of the mutineers to return from Pitcairn to Tahiti. Du Rietz 822b. #8922 A$ Maxwell, John. H.M.S. BOUNTY. First Edition; pp. 288(last blank); bibliog.; a very good copy in d/w. London; Jonathan Cape; (1977). ***Novel based on the mutiny. #35183 A$ Montgomerie, H. S. WILLIAM BLIGH OF THE BOUNTY in Fact and in Fable. First Edition; pp. xiv, 312(last 3 blank); large folding chart, 5 plates, 13 appendices, bibliog., index; a nice copy in worn d/w.; scarce. London; Williams and Norgate, Ltd.; (1937). ***Du Rietz 861. #2121 A$ Morrison, James. THE JOURNAL OF JAMES MORRISON Boatswain s Mate of the Bounty describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti. With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and five engravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press F cap folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](blank), 246(last blank), [6](blank); 5 illusts.; original blue & cream linen; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a few minor marks, but a nice copy); very scarce. [London]; Golden Cockerel Press; ***Edition limited to 325 numbered copies. Du Rietz Although its limitation is similar to the other Bligh-related volumes issued by the Golden Cockerel Press, this book is very much scarcer on the market. #30223 A$

21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the People, and the Pastor: With a Short Account of the Mutiny of the Bounty. Fourth Edition. F cap 8vo; pp. xiv, [15]-304(last blank); 13 plates (including map) & 1 text illust. as per list at Page [viii], plus 3 tail-piece illusts. in text; original blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gilt on spine & gilt ship device in centre of front board; (spine slightly rubbed, hinges strengthened); a very good copy; scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; ***Ferguson #34478 A$225.00

22 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 60 Murray, The Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the People, and the Pastor. To which is added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island. Eighth Edition. F cap 8vo, 8th Edn.; pp. [ii], xiv, [15]-428; 16 plates incl. map, 3 text illusts.; recent half hard-grained morocco; (some foxing & soiling; slight defects to a couple of blank margins); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; ***Ferguson (Mitchell Library copy only). The list of illustrations has 16 entries and this edition includes the Preface to the Eighth Edition. #16577 A$ Nicolson, Robert B. THE PITCAIRNERS. With the assistance of Brian F. Davis. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank); double-page map, 16 plates, appendices, bibliog., index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w.; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). #33133 A$ Nordhoff, Charles; & Hall, James Norman. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. With a Preface by the Authors and an Appendix Containing the True Story of Peter Heywood. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 468(last 3 blank); 16 col. plates, 15 text illusts.; a nice copy in original decorated cloth (spine very slightly toned) in worn original slipcase. New York; The Heritage Press; (1947). ***An attractive edition with nice coloured plates. #33809 A$145.00

23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Norfolk Island: THE NORFOLK ISLANDER. 2 issues, Vol. 32, No. 13 and Vol. 35 No to; pp. [40] & [44] respectively; several illusts.; stapled as issued. Norfolk Island; The Norfolk Islander; #19699 A$ Oliver, Douglas. RETURN TO TAHITI. Bligh s Second Breadfruit Voyage. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 282; 27 col. & 2 b/w. plates, 17 text maps & figs., appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in faded d/w. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; ***An important new study of Bligh s voyage in the Providence. The colour plates are reproductions of fine watercolours by Lieutenant George Tobin, who was third mate on the voyage. Number 2 in the Miegunyah Press series; 1250 copies were printed. #20719 A$ Peard, Lieutenant George: TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom Edited by Barry M. Gough. First Edition; pp. x, 272, [6](blank); 4 charts (2 folding, 1 double-page & 1 full-page), plan of Pitcairn Island by Beechey, 3 plates, notes, appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol #9334 A$ Phillips, Marion. A COLONIAL AUTOCRACY. New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie nd Impr.; pp. xxiv, 336; chronology, bibliog., index; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Sydney University Press; (1971). ***First printed in Includes Bligh s deposition. #6466 A$75.00

24 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 67 Rawson, Geoffrey. BLIGH OF THE BOUNTY. First Edition; pp. [x], 244, [2](blank); folding map, 8 plates; refs., index; original light blue cloth (spine faded; some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Philip Allan & Co., Ltd.; (1930). ***A secondary issue. Du Rietz #64302 A$ Rienits, Rex. STORMY PETREL. First Edition; pp. 238, [2](blank); original papered boards; a very good copy in worn d/w. London; Frederick Muller Limited; (1963). ***A novel of the rum rebellion under William Bligh. #30058 A$ Ross, Alan S. C. and Moverley, A. W. THE PITCAIRNESE LANGUAGE. With contributions by E. Schubert, H. E. and Alaric Maude, E. H. Flint and A. C. Gimson. First Edition; pp. 272(last 3 blank); glossary, bibliog.; original papered boards; (endpapers & prelims. foxed; name of former Norfolk Island owner on endpaper & numerous, often interesting and informative annotations throughout); a very good copy in worn & foxed d/w.; scarce. (London); Andre Deutsch; (1964). ***Contains also histories of Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands (and notes on its language). Du Rietz A volume in The Language Library, Edited by Eric Partridge. #32852 A$ Roughley, T. C. BOUNTY DESCENDANTS LIVE ON REMOTE NORFOLK ISLAND. Roy. 8vo; pp ; map, numerous col. illusts.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, Washington; National Geographic Society; #16034 A$20.00

25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Seventh-day Adventist Church: HYMNS OF PITCAIRN AND NORFOLK ISLANDS. First Edition(?); pp. [20]; 9 illusts., words and music to 13 hymns; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Norfolk Island; Seventh-day Adventist Church); N.D. [c. 1990?]. #19669 A$ Shapiro, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY. The Story of Pitcairn through Six Generations. First U.K. Edition; pp. 320; 8 plates, appendices, sources; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; #33129 A$175.00

26 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 73 Shillibeer, Lieut. J[ohn]. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITON S VOYAGE TO PITCAIRN S ISLAND; including an Interesting Sketch of the State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America. By Lieut. J. Shillibeer, R. M. Illustrated with Sixteen Etchings by the Author, from Drawings on the Spot. Third Edition. London: Printed for Law and Whittaker, No. 13, Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Street Demy 8vo, 3rd Edn.; pp. xii, 180; 16 etched illusts. on 12 plates (2 folding & 1 printed in red-brown ink); modern half calf in antique style; the frontispiece (with a small tear repaired), title-page & following leaf washed, some occasional very mild browning or soiling to other leaves; the two folding plates sometime split at folds, with minor loss of upper margin to the second, but now well-restored and laid down; blank foremargin of pp. 173/4 restored; uncut; a very good, sound copy; rare. London; Law & Whittaker; ***Ferguson 728; Du Rietz 1188 this edition [revised and extended] is the best (and apparently also the rarest) of the three English editions. We are disposed to dispute Du Rietz s claim as to rarity, the First Edition, printed in Taunton, being the rarest in our experience, but all editions are rare. The Briton visited several places on the South American coast, but was ordered from Brazil to find the American frigate, U.S.S. Essex, Captain David Porter, which was threatening British whalers in the Pacific. Details of the activities of U.S.S. Essex in the Marquesas are related. When the Briton called at Pitcairn the author interviewed John Adams, the sole survivor of the Bounty mutineers, who gave him a full account of the history of the mutineers after they left Tahiti. #51805 A$

27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Toohey, John. CAPTAIN BLIGH S PORTABLE NIGHTMARE. First U.S. Edition; pp. xii, 212(last blank); 4 maps, several illusts., appendix, sources; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (New York); HarperCollins Publishers; (2000). ***An interesting account of Bligh s experiences with Captain Cook, the Bounty Mutiny, etc. #64833 A$ Vaughan, Crawford. THE LAST OF CAPTAIN BLIGH. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 234; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn d/w. London; Staples Press; (1950). ***Novel based on the facts of the Rum Rebellion. Du Rietz #51816 A$ Villiers, Alan. THE CORAL SEA. (Illustrations by James Fuller. Maps by Stephen J. Voorhies). Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 310, [4](blank); endpaper & 6 other maps (3 full-page), 18 illusts., bibliog., index; original cloth; (bookplate on verso of endpaper); a very good copy; scarce. New York & Toronto; Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.; (1949). *** Oceans of the World series. #23646 A$85.00

28 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 77 Weate, Philip & Graham, Caroline. CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH. [An illustrated history]. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; double-page map & a few text maps, numerous col. & b/w. illusts. (many full & double-page), bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Paul Hamlyn; [1972]. #32147 A$45.00

29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books [Welsh, Kathleen; President]. NORFOLK ISLAND COOKERY BOOK. With Local Words and Phrases. Compiled by Members of the Sunshine Club. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 48; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (Waverney, Norfolk Island); Sunshine Club; N.D. [c. 1990]. #17097 A$ Wilkinson, C. S. THE WAKE OF THE BOUNTY. How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by Storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the Tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean: and of the strange things that befell: and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his own Country. Argument of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. With 8 pages of half-tone illustrations. First Edition; pp. [xiv], 200, [2](blank); 2 maps, 8 plates, 6 appendices including the full text of the original version of the Ancient Mariner, index; original cloth (spine ends rubbed; slight foxing of endpapers); a very good copy with front panel from dustwrapper tipped to endpaper; scarce. London; Cassell & Company Ltd; (1953). ***Du Rietz Geoffrey Ingleton s copy, with bookplate. #33138 A$125.00

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